Nine realms I see, afar and wide, Nine realms that lie, revealed to my one good eye Nine realms and times, which might not be Unless with honor, the runes we read The Great Tree reveals corrupt them, and eventually, change them Those mortals brave—or insane—enough to venture out into this dark realm are likely to meet with an even darker fate: Felashurann hunts here Many believe that the Ghoul Stone that hovers above the Ruined Cities draws its power directly from Neinferth, acting as a conduit for this twisted realm GRIMHỈM Those who seek forgiveness or seek to undo their terrible deeds before death, especially in Alnara’s name, often earn a place here in the afterlife The Fel This is the home of Felhorath and the dark future that awaits Rhune should the Thrall Lords win Ragnarök Filled with burning and smashed ruins, Grimhæm is a hell-swept wasteland of slavery, rape and cannibalism Giants roam this realm, feasting on the weak and maddened, casting their wicked spears into anything that tries to escape It is a realm where the strongest sacrifice the weak to survive, familiar ties dissolve, and nothing but the fires of chaos rule the day NACHTLAND TIEFERHỈM The Shadow This realm is the dark reflection of Midgard and home to Dark Leighhanna, who rules from her hidden Black Court Nachtland is a strange, haunted place that mirrors much of Midgard in twisted and malignant ways The realm’s architecture is in various states of decay, when not ruined altogether A monument that stands fast in Midgard very well may lie toppled here What’s worse, the sun never really rises in Nachtland Instead, an endless half-light permeates the realm, casting everything in the grey dullness of unnaturally long shadows Over time, even the sounds of life become nothing more than muted whispers Although this realm occupies the same place in the time stream as Midgard, time appears to pass slower here Deep Hold War and progress poison this realm Tieferhỉm represents a dark, costly win for the Ỉssinyr and their followers This realm is all but broken Only a handful of havens offer refuge to the survivors of Ragnarök Clockwork technology is highly advanced here Most of it turns toward violence and few enjoy what it might have wrought in more peaceful times Here, humans, clockwork elves, dwarves and those other noble races lucky enough to survive, struggle to rebuild They work in a ruined landscape wiped clean of the dark races that rained down fire and death on this once proud land This is a realm lost to the ælves, who have all but perished This is the home of Velash, who plans Rhune’s rebirth from deep in Grand Hold, last refuge of the dwarves ~27th-29th stanzas THE SONG OF ORIDYNN NEINFERTH The Void Alien dreams and lost desires fill this empty, ethereal realm It is the source of the Thrall Lords’ power A place of entropy and decay, Neinferth is the only realm not directly connected to the Great Tree Instead, it occupies the distant, dark space around the Great Tree, its boundaries marked by the Great Tree’s failing light Few among the Ỉssinyr dare to travel here, for fear that whatever changed their children might also 10 THODHEIM Hel This is the realm of the D’iessha, where only the dead dwell Thodheim is a realm divided The Red Queen usurped most of this traditional resting place of the dead, turning it into her personal workshop to plan the death of everything in Rhune, her siblings included, at Ragnarök In this capacity, it represents the worst sort of future, with nothing RHUNE: Dawn of Twilight